Improvement in velocipedes



J. A. ASPINWALL & O. M. PERRY.-

' VELOGIPEDE.

93,159. Patented Aug. 3;. 1869.

ttuitul ,%1tatra air-cit JOHN ABEL" PIN' LL ANDT-on'ARLEs MONTAGUE PERRY, or.

" W T, NEW I Y YQRKWs i Lam Patent No. 93,159, dated Angus: 3,1869.

IMPROVEMEN '1' IN VELOCIPEDES.

-'-'-1. The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the lame.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that.- we,'J 01m ABEL Asrrnwann and CHARLES MON TAGUE PERRY, of New Utrecht, in the" and exact description and specification of our said in-' vention.

The object of our invention is to enable velocipedes to be run with facility along the rail of an ordinary street-railroad. To this end,

Our invention consists of the combination of the frame of the velocipede with a supplementary wheel, connected with said frame by means of auarm, in such manner that while the running wheels of the velocipede traverse one rail of a street-railway, the supplemcntaiy wheel traverses the other rail thereof, and guides and steadies the 'velocipede. v

O ur invention consists, further, in the combination of the .wheel and arm, so constructed that they can be readily attached to 01' detached from the frame of a velocipede; the wheel and arm thus constructed and combined, constituting a velocipede-attachment that can be manufacturedseparately from velocipedes, and sold to those who-use them, so' as to enable velocipedes, to which such attachments are applied, to beruu with facility and greatspeedalong streetahilways. I f' In order that ourinve ntion may be fully understood,- we have represented, in the accompanying drawing, and will proceed to describe avclocipede embodyingit,

Figure 1 representing a side view of the velocipcde, and i Figure2 representing a horizontal plan of it. a

The frame Aof the velocipede, the two running wheels B 'Bfland the connections and appurtenances of the wheels and frame, may be the same as the c0rresponding parts of the two-wheeled velocipedes in common US6- I The supplementary wheel B is made by preference of smaller diameter than the ordinary running wheels B B, and is applied to 'a journal at the outer end of an arm, 0, which holds the supplementary wheel at theproper distance from the-running wheels 13 B, to enable the supplementary wheel to traverse one rail 1) of the track of a street-railroad, while the running wheels B B traverse'thc other rail 1).

The arm 0 is so connected with the frame A as to extend rigidly from its side. The mode in whichwe prefer to secure this rigidity is'by means of a diagonal brace, f.

The wheel-arm O is constructed by preference with a clip, y, at its end, which embraces the frame A of the velocipede, and is secured thereto by a screwbolt, a

The diagonal brace f may be constructed in the same manner, or may have its end hook-formed, to hook into an eye, 0, which is connected with the frame A of the velocipede.

. The latter mode of constructing the brace is preferable, because it permits the supplementary wheeland its appurtenances to be-more quickly attached to and detached from the velocipede, as but one bolt It has to be operated for the purpose.

The supplementary wheel B and its arm 0, with their appurtenances, thus constitute what may be termed a velocipede-attachment, which may be manufactured separately from velocipedes, and sold to those who use them; and the constructionof this attachment may be greatly varied, without ceasing to embodyou'i" invention, so long as it consists essentially of a supplementary wheel and an arm, suitable to be secured to.

the sideof a velocipede, so as her before described.

The invention we have described, enables a velocipede to be run with great speed andsteadiness along an ordinary street-railway, a speed of from twelve to fifteen miles per hour being readily attainable by an expert operator. I

,Moreover, the invention does not unfit the velocipede for running on ordinary roads, as the attachment may be quickly detached, and then carried by the rider.

In turning out from'a railroad, all that is necessary is to rock the velocipede slightly, so as to lift the supplementary wheel from the rail, whereupon the velocipede can be turned inthe ordinary way, and afterwards the supplementary wheel may be againdropped to the ground. I I

Having thus described the modes in which we proto operate in the man pose to apply the principle of our invention, we de- I clare that we do not claim, broadly, the employment of three wheels in a velocipede, as we are aware that velocipcdes have been constructed with three wheels,

one in front andtwo behind, but insuch' cases neither of the hind wheels ran in the track of the leading wheel, and the vehicle was consequently not adapted to run upon the rail ofa railway. I

We are aware that guiding-wheel's have been applied to carriages and cars, for the purpose of causing 'the wheels to traverse railway trajcks, the guidingwheels in such cases being applied in the vicinity of the wheels they are intended to guide, so as to perform the function of flanges; we, therefore, do'not claim broadlya guiding-wheel, nor the application of agniding-wheel to carriages of every description; but

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- I The combination of the frame of a velocipede-with a supplementary wheel, and an arm sustaining said wheel -ble to he applied to and to operate in commotion with a veloeipede, as before set forth.

In testimony wherem, we have hereto set our hands,

at one side of said frame, so as to run upon one rail of this 12th day of April, A. D.,1869.

21 railway-track while the running wheels of the velocipede run upon the other rail, substantially as before J. A. ASPINWALL. set forth. 4 O; M. PERRY.

Also, the combination of the supplementary wheel and arm, constituting a veloeipede-attmehment, suita- Witnesses:

WlLLIAM G. DODGE,

COR. It. DISOSWAY. 

